Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed

Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) SBt
تنویر محمود احمد
18th Chief of Air Staff
In office 18 March 2006 – 18 March 2009
President	Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Shaukat Aziz Yusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Kaleem Saadat
Succeeded by	Rao Qamar Suleman
Personal details
Born	1 February 1952 Lahore, Punjab Province, West Pakistan
Relations	Married
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Air Force
Years of service	1969–2009
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Unit	CCS Mirage Squadron Skybolts
Commands	Chief of Air Staff Vice Chief of Air Staff Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Operations) Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Administration) Base Commander PAF Base Sargodha Air OfficerCommanding Pakistan Air Force Academy Officer Commanding. Mirage Squadron, Combat's Commander School
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff War in North-West Pakistan
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Basalat Turkish Legion of Merit Aeronautical Merit Order Order of King Abdulaziz Military Merit Order The Order of Oman CCS Instructor's Sword

Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) SBt (Urdu: تنویر محمود احمد;) is a retired air chief of the Pakistan Air Force who was the Chief of the Air Staff from 2006 to 2009. He was succeeded by Rao Qamar Suleman on 18 March 2009.^[1]